IT'S SHOWTIME! "Beetlejuice Beetlejuice" REVIEW (Spoilers) 

I'd rather Hollywood push Ortega than Pedro Pascal.

Few things here. - Lydia is a child in the original movie. Being a completely different person 36 years later shouldn't be hard for anyone to understand. - Lydia is not freaked out and unhinged by ghosts. She's freaked out and unhinged by one particular ghost that tried to manipulate her into marrying him when she was a child, not long after she saw the crazy and terrifying stuff he can do. - Lydia doesn't take pills to stop seeing ghosts. She's taking them for panic attacks and anxiety. - "Stop trying to make Jenna Ortega happen" is a really damn weird thing to day about one of the most successful and busy actors in the world... which is earned because she's very talented - In the original, someone who had no psychic abilities whatsoever picked up that book for the first time and figured out how to someone two ghosts in a matter of hours. You're literally making stuff up

One of the few legacy sequels that actually respects the original? Go figure

I don't think Hollywood is trying to push Jenna Ortega. The media has been on a campaign for years trying to knock her down a peg bc she parrots what the fans say - what you on this show say. What she was getting absolutely lambasted for on the set of Wednesday was the same type of stuff that Amazon is trying to use to get Henry Cavill canceled for now. Which is saying you're using these rights to have a built in fanbase and then completely changing the property so that even the original fans want nothing to do with the product. That they need to cast actors, not check boxes. So its really funny to hear a woman who parrots the same beliefs going at a young woman in HOLLYWOOD who is actually telling that directly to the talking heads at the studios, the journalists, etc. It's kind of a miracle she hasn't been given the Gina Carano treatment, which likely comes down to her being a kid that survived Hollywood. Yet they absolutely have pushed that she's impossible to work with, she has a bad attitude, etc bc they can't go at her like they did Gina or what they're now doing to Henry. This is a little brown woman saying things to their face that would get anyone else accused of being racist, sexist, etc.

90% of Hollywood is unoriginal nonsensical garbage, SEQUELS, PREQUELS, MIDQUELS, SPIN-OFFS, etc. Rarely does an original, good script, and good acting get released

Seriously hating on Jenna Ortega of all people? I 100% agree with Kinel about how abrupt the ending to the boyfriend plot was. I think it was a cool scene but it was like....?

I see you guys didn’t pay too much attention to the movie. The reason Lydia got a show was because of her manipulative bf.

Im sorry fellas but just what in the hell is Chrissie talking about with the "Im sick of Hollywood trying to make Jenna Ortega happen" line (5:03). Jenna is one of the few young 'Based' actresses who consistently speaks out against a lot of the stuff we despise in modern day movie making so im pretty sure Hollywood is not trying to make Jenna Ortega happen, She is doing that on her own with talent and looks. Jeez I normally agree with Chrissie but Good Lord talk about being way off the mark. Even her co-hosts were surprised and pushed back.

I'll take a film that leaves me wanting more from it, than wanting to leave. This Beetlejuice essentially did that, but it's from a sense of it didn't quite reach the mark. What they gave left me wanting more, which shows there were some things that went right more than wrong.

I really like Michael Keaton as Beetlejuice. I could watch him tell jokes in that costume all day. He should like go on the road and do stand up _Ahhh...spill your guts right here...._ And he opens his shirt and fake guys spill out on the stage...LOL

It was an okay movie. They used 3 storylines, where you could tell they just weren't happy with anything, and just kept adding layers. It's a peanut butter and pickle sandwich on rye.

It feels like the movie was designed like it was a series, but then they squeezed 2-3 episodes into one.

I disagree with Chrissie Mayr on this. They did all they could to not show him. They had to deal with the character without showing him and they were successful in my opinion

Just saw it, felt like seeing a movie from the 90s, could’ve been better? Sure. But damn was it a breath of fresh air and a good laugh

1:26 they justified it due to the fact that the father of her child died. She went to grief groups and such. Grief dramatically changes you. I found her character believable

This movie was not a sequel to the movie, it was a sequal to the cartoon.

Mel Gibson called Winona an oven dodger lmfao

Modern Hollywood loooooves subverting past stories when making sequels/prequels. This is to diminish the worth of what came before, saying, "Look at me! I did it better!" When in fact what we perceived is, "Look at me! I have no respect for my predecessors and zero creative talent!"

Michael Keaton agreed to do the sequel only as long as he had little screen time so that's on him. As far as Jones goes I'm not sure why any offender should be punished for the rest of their lives once they've completed their sentence. I thought we weren't supposed to do that anymore. That isn't justice, it's revenge.

Come on guys....It was what it was. It was never going to be as good as the original. It was just nice to see something that wasn't a woke disaster. I went in thinking it was just gonna be a movie to take foe face value and it's never gonna win an award. I liked it enough.

With all its flaws, i liked this movie.

Kath O'Hara as crazy grandma was just hilarious. Her final scene with the dead husband make spill my soda

It's actually not an homage to the actor. I thought it was actually very clever the way that they still showed his death without actually having him in the movie because Tim Burton refused to have a child predator in his movie. So with that knowledge, it makes a lot of sense how they didn't have him in the movie at all and they used ways to include him his character but not include the man himself because Tim Burton refused to have a pedophile in his movie.

I liked it, I very much enjoyed it, I'm with Mr. H Reviews on this. It's a 'Beetlejuice movie.' Have fun.

It's crazy Jeffrey Jones got His part in Deadwood shortly after the fact

Beetlebaby was nightmare fuel

Beetlejuice spilling his guts and Beetle baby were the best jokes in the movie

What happened to you Tim Burton? You used to be beautiful! The script needed 5 more drafts.

My gf and I went to see Beetlejuice 2 at the local drive in. It was a fun time. We both enjoyed it.

There is only one valid complaint about Beetlejuice Beetlejuice to be made: Too many Musical Numbers, the 2 solid minutes of zombies dancing before dropping the soul train joke bit should have been cut by 50% and the wedding needed 60% less singing/lipsynching and dancing. They tried to turn this into a chickflick. Beetlejuice didn't make the dinner party sing and dance to Day-O (the banana boat song) That was the Maitmand's trying to scare the party. Beetlejuice being scary to break up the dinner party was the giant snake in the hallway.

Idk personally I had a great time watching and would easily give it a 9/10. I think Jenna is the right pick to lead this franchise forward- if they elect to. And if not this was a great way to go out

I wish they would've used fewer frames on the stop motion for the sandworm to keep the charm

I have to do a quick rant to get my actual rant out of the way. I think Chrissy forgot the definition of hypocritical. Yeah Disney treated Ginas character one way and this father Deetz character was treated completely differently aaaand THIS IS NOT A DISNEY MOVIE. You cant call it hypocritical because some completely different company handled things completely differently. Now is it hypocritical for Hollywood as a whole? Sure. But Hollywood is not one singular entity. Its a school of fish, at best. However, having said all that I believe the entire movie needs tightening up. I agree the father character should have just passed long ago and they could have returned to the house because Lydias show needed the ratings boost. There were way too many story threads that didnt jell together in any meaningful fashion. That whole Ex Wife shit could have been used but in a different way in a different story. She was built up as this terrifying force that ate souls yatta yatta yatta and then at the climax she is taken care of without breaking any kind of a sweat. So why even have her? This script needed to be tightened up and things handled differently and other threads deleted outright.

They did Lisia dirty. Let's not forget the animated series where Lidia will always triumph over Beetlejuice nonsense but still be great friend's.

Ortega is awesome. But you missed the huge diss here. Jones is a predator. He is eaten by a predator. He has no head.. it is not affectionate at all. You did not see that?

I like how the panel rushed to Jenna's defence after Chrissie tried to slander her, which was weird and uncalled for

I enjoyed the movie was it as good as the first? NO. But it kept me and my wife laughing till the end and it hit our nostalgia buttons it's a solid 7/10

I enjoyed the movie!!! 7 out of 10

I liked the first one, when I was 10 years old. Didn't realize it was such a big thing that they needed to do a sequel 30 years later.

You're so busy hating things you can't see a good movie when it's in front of you. It isn't amazing, it's a good, slightly messy, and fun ride. Let's ask Lauren Chen about this movie...

This panel of opinions really agitated me. Normally you are all bang on but not today for me. How could anyone have a strong take having not even seen the first one? This movie took so many shots at wokeness, cuck men, narcissists and used amazing practical effects that were really enjoyable. The story was not as engaging but overall it was 10x more fun then 90% of the movies i see in theatres lately. Minus the soul train scene of course. The soul sucker chratcter was worth it just to see her put her body back together.

Literally yes, watching the original beforehand tripped me up 🤦‍♀️ ALSO! I thought Jeffery whatshisface (the actor) was dead - I think my brain was trying to forget the pedoness

Do people not realize there will be a third one?? I mean “Beatlejuice, Beatlejuice, Beatlejuice” is totally getting made at this point

I think they’re being a little harsh on this one. The movie was pretty good.

This was a project in search of an idea rather than an idea seeking to be a project. It's actually a credit to the actors, editors, writers, etc. that it held together as well as it did. We've seen a lot of other franchise products that performed far worse.

It’s a fun movie. You act like it’s supposed to make sense. It isn’t. That’s part of the beauty, they can do almost anything, within a bit of reason, and it still works. And who cares if she understood the book and no one else could, that’s a trivial reason to complain. I loved getting more of Beetlejuice because Michael knocked it out of the park, as expected!

I liked it. I'm a huge fan of the first one, so I know I'm biased. While not nearly as good as the first one, I'd give it a 7 maybe and 8 out of 10.

This movie didn't have the creepy dark feel of the original that I loved so much. They reused things that were very successful in the original and took a dump all over them in this. Returning characters didn't even feel like them at all. Betelgeuse did not need a sequel.....It was perfection as a stand alone film ❤

you know whole lot of acolyte fans have forgotten about the Disney/Carano court case. The way Disney conduct itself behind close doors will be revealed. Will these acolyte fans reject or will they wake up and realize Disney isn't what they believed it to be.

All things considered I think it was pretty damn good. At least they didn’t wimp out on the character. Also, of course Lydia will be different. Canonically she’s been seeing ghosts and been treated like she was crazy for however many years have passed. And the Jeffery Jones stuff… they had to explain SOMETHING. They were picking on the guy, I thought.

They forgot all the rules of the first film, what beetlejuice is and his goals. The sequels biggest problem is how the living can just enter the afterworld.

This feels like a sequel to both the original and the cartoon series, essentially melding the two stories together. However, the end product is very disjointed.

Oh man, the cartoon was my favorite thing as early teen. Would have loved to see that dynamic carried forward.

Chrissie is off on this like Star Wars Acolyte... Jenna IS a thing and she was the best part of the movie

Hollywood's "standards" are all over the map. Jonathan Majors, for example. He was dropped fast.

i watched it loved it always a Beetlejuice fan Tim butron forever

everyone jumping chrissie about “stop trying to make jenna ortega happen” was so satisfying & extremely deserved. she has already happened & isn’t going anywhere. why do you as a grown woman have such an issue with a 21 year old actress who is extremely talented? jealousy? bitterness?

It's funny you all mentioned the amount of screen time Michael Keaton gets in this movie, because an article I just read yesterday said he had exactly 17 minutes of screen time in EACH movie!

Why does Ryan blink like a robot pretending to be a real person?

I 1000000000% agree with Garrett on how the plot of the story should've gone

I think you all are a bit too critical sensitive on a film that’s it’s not a, the best of the best that needs to be the best. It’s just good entertainment with no politics that’s it. If you have so many great ideas better than the director than why I don’t see any of you making millions on a the best film ever made. This is one of those times where maybe having so many bad films to talk about now you can’t stop to think that it’s all bad and you know better. Sort of that south park episode about sarcastable.

Chrissie...the film did not "honor" Jeffrey Jones. It reflected upon a character who was important to the family, and thus, the story.

I had a great time with this film! It was fun, zanny and took me back to a simpiler time.

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice suffers from the same problem as Ghostbusters Frozen Empire. It's overstuffed with too many characters and too many subplots. Consequently the film has a lack of focus and doesn't allow the time and space that any one subplot needs in order to breath or be fully explored. There are just too many unnecessary things packed into the suitcase. I don't know why film makers can't just keep it simple. I think simplicity and simple storytelling is undervalued and underappreciated these days. Some of the best films ever made are very simple stories.

I loved the movie but i can DEFINITELY understand the hate. I think if there was a way to have made B.B. into a series; the story would have fared much better.

I watched this movie yesterday and yes, until now I still have mixed feelings regarding this. I LOVE AND HATE IT at the same time. Firstly, everyone's acting is as top-notch as always, but the pacing and story structure ruined it for me. The movie itself is still very quirky and unique, but the way they tried to force the entire three subplots into one seemed to be... very forced. The movie itself felt like it consisted of small multiple arcs, instead of the usual 3 arcs in movies. In contrast, the final felt so underwhelmed because it felt like the final supposedly about the Deetz family beating Beetlejuice. Instead, we got an odd albeit unique and funny wedding scene as the final about similar things, without the father who supposedly became a key point here. Also, the plot could be written better for intertwining the whole Bettlejuice's curse and his ex-wife and why the Deetz had a chance beating them... That being said I still absolutely enjoyed this movie and because I watched the interviews, followed the actors a bit, and knew the script was written a bit based on the characters... it was hella hilarious when you noticed which reference they used here and there. Also, Tim basically said F*** Disney 😅

It was like this was originally written as a TV Series or saturday morning cartoons, and they tried to condense it into a movie.

I thought it was great but the ending was messy. The song went on too long and the shock dream was mistimed and unnecessary. Edit: they weren’t honoring Jeffrey Jones, they were honoring the character who couldn’t appear because the actor was a piece of shit.

Sorry but chrissie is reaching and pretty stupid with that take they handle the father the best way under the circumstances

I have to disagree about Lydia, do you remember the first film, she was a gullible damaged completely ignored isolated teenager. She literally after meeting the Mailtlin's wanted to "join" them in the afterlife, and was going to the bridge as her note read to do so. That is not a stable or strong willed character, so her at this stage made more sense to me. Now, what I didn't like about the film was that there was no resolution to the Maitlin story, that hurt! Don't give me "loop hole moving on" WTH!!!

Hail Perry for pumping these out.

The movie isn't stuck in 1988, and I have NEVER thought of this as a stupid stoner movie. This is a goofy, spooky fairytale set in some timeless small town in New England. It's American myth.

The Beetlejuice baby reminded me of Chucky.

I saw the twist of the boyfriend being a ghost from his very first scene.

The movie was AMAZING I really didn't feel like it was forcing any agenda or politics and was just a good movie I had a blast was dancing around with my wife and had such a great time a great nod to the original and respects the original movie. Tim Burton thank you!

Maybe Winona should have watched her performance in the original, geez. At least Michael Keaton showed up despite being seventy now!😮😊❤

Ryan loved this shit, and is underselling it! Look at him, it’s written all over his face😂

I'm beginning to think you all are so hyper critical about everything you can't enjoy anything

There's too many characters in the movie. Take out everything to do with the ex-wife and the actor cop, and it would have been a wonderful 1 hour special.

I agree with Chrissy 100%. I was shocked by the number of times they showed his face smiling directly at the camera. And I didn't even think about the child choir.. gross. It did feel like a sendoff for him, and since he was in other Burton movies, it almost felt like Burton said, "Don't worry, buddy, I'll still put you in the movie!"

Sometimes the only thing that needs to be said is "it wasn't good", because it's not even worth the effort. Sadly this isn't worth it at all. I am raising my 13-year-old niece who loves the original and even she was like "that was so disappointing I want to cry".

it's a character, not the actor. stop making them the same.

I feel like they basically said to Jenna "just do the moody Wednesday thing" and how on earth did they get her and Tim Burton to work together again after Wednesday?

If you break this movie down there's alot of callbacks and references not just to the original Beetlejuice but to other classic horror movies and pop culture as well. It was way better than many other sequels from beloved classics we've gotten lately.

" wish i handt" Omg guys just enjoy the film ..

I enjoyed it maybe because I treated as a theme park ride , as for her not wanting to see ghost I think it had to do with her daughter hating the fact she shouldn't see the father .

Movie was entertaining, the practical effect made the movie. Sometimes people Don't understand where the directors come from...

I disagree with eliminating Monica. "The ex-wife of Beetlejuice" plot line/backstory AND Astrid being abducted by the boy---both plotlines should've stayed. As a filmmaker and writer, I think they broke the age-old rule: if it doesn't drive the pacing of the story and is irrelevant: CUT IT. The ex-wife plot: GREAT!! The plot of the ex-wife gave us insight into Beetlejuice pre-death, during the Black Plague. The finger of his ex-wife in the first film....and its explanation here. Her marching though---like a beautiful super-villain wasn't the issue. THE ISSUE WAS THE CLIMAX. Beetlejuice AND Monica should've had a super-power battle. Remember: Beetlejuice turned into a snake....he does all kinds of tricks with his powers. Monica should've countered him, with HER powers....and Lydia, Delia and Astrid should've been caught in the middle of this WAR. THAT should've been the climax. Using this super-villain and then having her meet the same fate as Beetlejuice (with the sandworm) was lame. She's powerful, for a reason. Delia didn't need to die from a snake bite🙄 She should've replaced Justin's character; as the person who joins Lydia and Beetlejuice....to find her daughter. Winona Ryder's assistant (Justin): unnecessary character. He should've made a brief cameo.....and stayed in New York. Lydia as a ghost hunter was funny AND it made sense. Also: not all ghosts are the Maitlands. We don't know the types of demonic spirits Lydia encountered, since 1988! So her fear and medication was appropriate. The death of Charles Deitz (via claymation) was FUNNY AS HELL!! That was a great way to give him a send off. Also (as a filmmaker ): his death was a driving force needed to pull these characters to that house. They can't just pretend he wasn't an important figure, simply because of the actor's behavior. I feel this female critic is putting too much of her personal bias on this....as opposed to understanding how to deal with a main character (it became more obvious, when she referenced "The Mandelorian"😒). I DO think after the funeral---and possibly the Chinese cleaners scene---they should've ended scenes with the Charles character. The claymation and funeral was enough. The funeral should've been sooner and Astrid should've met the boy, sooner. Again, golden rule: capture your audience within the first 15 minutes of a movie/pages of a book. It's the "narrative hook". William Dafoe's character should've been cut. Totally unnecessary. I still gave this a C+/B-.....because it had many good moments....but it needed more editing/tightening. In a case like this: a focus group IS important. It should've been a group of Beetlejuice fans who signed non-disclosure agreements....and watched the first cut of this movie. I feel once artists reach a certain status, they feel they can "re-do the magic", flawlessly. Obviously, this is not true.

I want a 3rd one where she meets her real mom but her mom turns out to be into witch craft and ends up being the antagonist and Astrid summons beetlejuice to save her mom since every movie Lydia asks beetlejuice to save someone else. If they don’t have a 3rd one, itll be the worst OCD for me 😂

Plenty of non-drug addicts love Beetlejuice. It’s not ‘reserved’ for pathetic dopers.

Jesus, I have watched your reviews for the last year, but jeez... do you like anything?

(Barbarino voice) What? When? Why? Sequel to beetlejuice… 35 years later? It can't be good

I'm a huge fan of the original movie, and I never expected this to be better or even as good as the original. I do like that Beetlejuice is a more present character in the movie, I like the begrudging alliance with Lydia and the kind of trickster antihero role he takes on. But there's just too many random plotlines. Delores serves literally no purpose at all, she has no connection to anything happening and nobody even comes face to face with her until the very end. I wanted her to be the main antagonist of the movie, we didn't need the random murderer kid. I thought that Beetlejuice trying to marry Lydia was going to end up being some kind of loophole to get his ex wife away from him, and that was going to be the main conflict. It's a very scattered and incoherent movie. _That said..._ Watching Michael Keaton ham it up in the old striped suit is well worth the price of admission, and for that alone I have no regrets in going to see it. And Willem DaFoe is always a joy to watch, plus I actually like this Jenny Ortega kid and she's actually pretty based. I just wish there there was a more coherent story around the antics, I expected the movie to be insane but it needed somewhere to focus that insanity.

What does Chrissi mean trying to make her happen? Jena Ortega is always the best part of anything she's in.

Catherine O'Hara was the best part of the movie. She looks like she never aged.

This conversation is so refreshing to listen to, even though I love all the videos discussing actually shitty stuff, dissecting the story here, I agree with everything and I loved it.

It was weird that Alec Baldwin was a ghost in the first one but now he made a ghost.

The original one looked so much better without crazy CGI, just the stop motion.

Do you guys ever go to a movie just to enjoy it? or just wait for crap you can rag on for your channel? I agree with most of the reviews you guys have done , but i LOVED this movie.

If Lydia had been totally put together without any issues & overall a "strong woman," don't pretend like that wouldn't be a huge criticism for most of the panel. 🤷‍♂️